#10 Olive Dun wet flies

This wet fly pattern was part of a commercial custom order I tied for Fishing Creek Angler Fly Shop and Bed & Breakfast in Benton, Pennsylvania. These flies and some of the others here in this series were tied in the late summer of 2009.

Olive Dun:

Hook: Standard Ox long wet fly hook, size #6 – #12; these are vintage Mustad 3399, ball-eye, Sproat bend

Thread: Danville Flymaster 6/0 #100 Black

Tail: Olive hackle fibers

Body: Olive rabbit dubbing

Hackle: Olive hackle fibers

Wing: Slate – natural mallard wing quill sections

Head: Black. This fly could also be tied with olive thread.